# Incident 19870508019889I: Amtr DRAGONFLY, Westfield, MA, May 8, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1987, 10:30 local time
- Place: Westfield, MA
- Airport: Barnes Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1251° N, 72.7495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westfield, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1251&lon=-72.7495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86EJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86EJ-1995-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mortarelli John DRAGONFLY (registry code 05644MK, https://openairdocs.org/model/mortarelli-john-dragonfly) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DRAGONFLY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 104 total, 1 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870508019889I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WHILE CONDUCTING HIGH SPEED TAXI PLANE BECAME AIRBORNE. PILOT LANDED WITHOUT PROPER ALIGNMENT, MAIN GEAR TWISTED.

## Other reports on N86EJ (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19901030055899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901030055899I), Oct 30, 1990: Amtr DRAGONFLY (N86EJ), Westfield, MA, Minor damage. Aircraft became airborne during high speed taxi test. Contacted ground and left gear separated. Veered off runway.
- [Incident 19871102065999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871102065999I), Nov 2, 1987: Amtr DRAGONFLY (N86EJ), Westfield, MA. The experimental aircraft landed hard during a test flight. The main gear sheared off and propeller was destroyed.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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